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Timpanogos Hike Report (or saved by my Water Filter) I woke up 5 minutes before my 5:00 AM alarm on Saturday morning so I took that as a sign that I was supposed to hike Timp with the Hansen family annual Timp trip https://www.facebook.com/events/655128821256064/675862545849358/ I showered, put on sunscreen, and got my stuff together I had packed the night before,…

So I took an unplanned visit to the dentist this morning. I had an oral surgery 5 days ago. I have had a tooth missing for over a year now, thankfully it is not a visible one, but the jaw is thinning out where it goes, and my bite is off because it is missing. With a change in dental…

I have read this before – I never really put it into practice on purpose – but as I look back at my life, I see that every time I have achieved something, I have done things that scare me. This includes: Going to USMC bootcamp applying for a job as a programmer with no degree writing and sharing what…

and I want to cry. The man trying to help the father find the airplane reminds me of michael. Unable to communicate easily, just trying to help – causes the father to get scared and ends up getting hurt by the father. It makes me feel sick inside. I am feeling bummed today anyway – I bought some refigerant ac…

5 Keys to Being a Leader in Your Industry [#5] By Craig Ballantyne 5) A Book This is what separates the leaders from the pack. “A thought leader needs to be in print a lot…and every thought leader has a book,” Dan Kennedy proclaimed. Even today in the world of social media domination, the power of a book remains vital.…

I manage several different servers with different versions of Linux, Freebsd, OSX and cygwin. The test for shellshock vulnerablity (from a command prompt, ssh or telnet): env x='() { :;}; echo vulnerable’ bash -c “echo this is a test” showed that all but one were vulnerable. On most of them, simply updating bash did the trick But on an old…

I watched the movie Peaceful Warrior for the first time last night. I have read book it is based on, Way of the Peaceful Warrior multiple times since I was a teenager. So I am in a reflective and soul searching frame of mind. I made the following lists (non-edited brain dumps in order of thinking of it, *not* priority)…

a friend at work lost their spouse to cancer. what do I tell them? My condolences? trite, cliche. meaningless. About my losses, and that I understand their pain? This feels like I would be making it about me. That I am sorry? – it is not my fault To let me know if I can do anything? I am not…